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How the Agent Protects VMs that Reside on Local Storage and a SAN

How the Agent Protects VMs that Reside on Local Storage
and a SAN
14 Agent for VMware Guide
The CA ARCserve Backup Agent for VMware lets you protect VMware-based
data that resides on local storage and on a storage area network (SAN). For all
data store types, the VMs must be accessible from the backup proxy system.
The list that follows describes the environment configuration requirements for
each of the data store types:
■ SAN, iSCSI Data Stores--The backup proxy system must be attached to
the same disk where the VM resides and must be attached using the same
SAN, iSCSI infrastructure.
■ Local Storage Data Stores--The VMs must reside on disks that are
attached directly to the ESX Server system. With local storage
environments, the backup proxy system should be able to communicate
with the ESX Server system via the LAN.
Note: The terms SAN/iSCSI are used to denote shared storage between Proxy
and ESX Server Systems.Wherever SAN is mentioned is also applicable to
iSCSI environments where Disks are shared using iSCSI infrastructure.
When you implement the agent with VI 2.5, the process of populating the CA
ARCserve Backup database using the ca_vcbpopulatedb Command Line Utility
or the ARCserve VMware Configuration Tool lets CA ARCserve Backup
configure the agent to detect the data store types of the VMs in your
environment.
However, if the VMs reside on a SAN, and the backup proxy system is not
attached to the same SAN, you must modify an .ini file labeled
VMDatastoreTypes.ini that contains the data store types detected by CA
ARCserve Backup when you populate the CA ARCserve Backup database. CA
ARCserve Backup creates the VMDatastoreTypes.ini file in the Client Agent for
Windows installation directory. By default, the CA ARCserve Backup Client
Agent for Windows is installed in the following directory:
C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve Backup Client Agent for Windows
Note: For information about how to modify VMDatastoreTypes.ini to protect
VMs that reside on a SAN, see
on a SAN (see page 46).
Configure the Agent to Protect VMs that Reside